Mass General Brigham is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Occupational Health for a nursing job in Malden, Massachusetts.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Occupational Health
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: Ongoing
- 20 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Staff
At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. When determining base pay, we take a comprehensive approach that considers your skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and other critical factors. The pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications, but it does not encompass all the elements that contribute to your total compensation package.
Reporting to the Director of Occupational Health at Faulkner, the Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner (OHN/NP) utilizes a full range of clinical skills in providing direct care to patients in a variety of simple and complex situations and for the purpose of occupational health promotion and prevention, case management to facilitate positive outcomes for employees impacted by occupational injury, illness, or exposure, program development and management related to the occupational health needs of the organization, occupational health expertise in collaboration with other members of the health and safety infrastructure to provide consultation as needed by members of the organization, and communications and training to effectively educate employees and supervisors about occupational risk and their role in reducing risk of injury and illness. Responsibilities: · Use/s the Mass General Brigham values to govern decisions, actions and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability & Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion, Integrity & Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration · Assesses employees presenting with a variety of simple and complex presentation related to occupational injury, illness, or exposure; develops treatment plans in accordance with established clinical protocols and consideration of all physical and psychosocial factors that may impact the patient situation, and establishes a rapport with patients to provide support, education, and counseling. · Acts a liaison between the patient and providers to whom he/she is referred. The OHS NP actively guides the employee through matters involving workers’ compensation, family medical leave, and accommodation of disabilities. · Arranges job accommodation and early return to work schedules. · May also plan and implement occupationalhealth programs and selected health services independently or collaboratively with other members of the occupational health staff. · Exercises an ability to assess and anticipate occupational health risks throughout the organization by analyzing data to determine occupational health and safety issues and employee groups at risk. · Utilizes a full range of written and verbal communication techniques to educate people throughout the organization on occupational health and safety issues including the development of health education materials. · Promotes teamwork and builds relationships within the department and throughout the organization to enhance a health and safety infrastructure; and consults to a wide range of people on issues related to occupational health and safety within the organization. · Collaborates with occupational health colleagues for the purpose of case review, risk assessment, and program development. Also maintains a relationship with other Human Resources staff and members of Infection Control, Safety, Buildings and Grounds, and Environmental Services. · Maintains appropriate records and databases to meet all standards and facilitate review of occupational risk for individual employees and the overall organization. · Gathers and analyzes outcome measures for the purpose of organizational surveillance and program review and development. · Participates in providing rotating on-call coverage for nights, weekends and holidays Qualifications - External Qualifications: · Currently licensed as either an Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. · Current CPR certification required. · COHN-S and NIOSH spirometry certification preferred. · Up to five years of nursing experience including preference for a minimum of one year of occupational health nursing experience. · As a Nurse practitioner, must meet the clinical credentialing requirements of Mass General Brigham. Skills/Abilities/Other Details · Demonstrates a knowledge of medical-surgical nursing, occupational health, OSHA standards, and MDPH and JCAHO regulations as well as an understanding of how to apply this knowledge to medical surveillance and treatment. · Utilizes principles of case management to achieve best outcomes for patients in a cost-effective manner. · Demonstrates a sense of accountability in monitoring the case and taking appropriate steps to bring about a positive outcome in a resourceeffective manner. · Possess strong interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with cross functional teams including staff at all levels of the organization · Ability to develop and build strong relationships with customers · Ability to successfully negotiate and collaborate with others of different skill sets, backgrounds an levels within and external to the organization · Strong problem solving and negotiation skills · Ability to effectively conduct meetings, both formal and informal · Requires minimal direction from leadership and possesses the ability to learn quickly · Demonstrated PC skills, Microsoft applications including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access. · Excellent verbal and written communication skills · No direct reports · No direct budgetary responsibility · Demonstrates fiscal responsibility by effectively using Mass General Brigham resources Working Conditions: · The job may require occasional travel between clinic sites · The job requires rotating after-hour and holiday on-call coverage · While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; talk; or hear; use hands to finger; handle; or feel; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; and stoop; kneel; or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 5 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and depth perception. · The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Normal office working conditions. The noise level in the work environment is quiet to moderate.
Recruiter: Davis, Colton
Mass General Brigham Job ID #3309727. Posted job title: Registered Nurse (Occupational Health)
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Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Life insurance
- Employee assistance programs
